Hi,
I wanted to share with the community the mycroft skill I developed to integrate this project with openhab. The idea is based on alexa skill so items in OH will need to be tagged in order to be visible by the skill. I released the version 1.0 that support all the tags, just the tag Fahrenheit used together with the tag Thermostat has not been tested. The skill takes advantage of Openhab REST API so no any installation in OH is needed.
I couldn’t run many test so any feedback is appreciated together with any help to bug fixing or new developments.

to get this thread discussion started: Could you please explain for me and others why I would want this Mycroft thingy? I already own an Amazon Echo What would I need, does it offer more than Amazon Alexa?

Hi @ThomDietrich,
the Mycroft project embraces the spirit of open source, it is an alternative to Amazon Alexa and Google Home Assistant. Core and skills can be downloaded (also as raspberrypi image) so you can set up you own environment and with no need to buy the device. I have no experience with Alexa and Google Home so I can’t tell the difference in features and skills.

I was just looking at Mycroft (again) the other day and noticed that there was a skill for OH. Very nice.

I’m pretty well invested in the Amazon/Echo ecosystem, but honestly I much prefer the idea of an open source platform… both from a privacy standpoint as well as flexibility. The sticking point is the hardware. The only far field mic array’s I’ve come across are the Respeaker and Matrix Voice. The pricing is just hard to justify when you can get an Echo dot for as little as $35. I also couldn’t find any verification that the Matrix would work with Mycroft.

It’s a shame (and surprise) that the Echo hardware hasn’t been hacked to be reflashed, or at very least repurpose the mics/speaker.

It should be tested.
In my current configuration I have another rasberry-pi dedicated to Mycroft because I used the picroft image, and in my first attempt I installed only Mycroft on a new server running ubuntu (it was ok).

I have snips setup with OH. It is very promising project, but developers are slow when it comes to forum/help.

Latest Snips update broke microphone/speaker setup for me, as soon as it will be fixed I’ll share my setup. The biggest advantage of Snips is privacy, you don’t need any internet connection to use it. Also you can have custom replies instead of Echo’s OK.